Pin



Patented Sept. 24, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

This invention relates to pins and has for its object to provide acomparatively simple and inexpensive device of this character especiallydesigned for use by dressmakers, tailors and I others in fitting and,basting garments and which can be used with good results as an ordinarypin, emergency pin, paper clip, or wherever it is desired to, fasten twoor more pieces of material t gether.

10 A further object of the invention is to provide a pin which may bereadily inserted in fabric or other material without wrinkling thematerial and which will firmly grip said materialso as to preventaccidental displacement and loss of the A further object is to provide apin including a piercing member having a resilient guard connectedtherewith and spaced therefrom in such a manner as to compensate for thethickness 20' of the material on which the pin is used, said guard beingadapted to bear against and frictionally engage the tucks in thematerial formed by the piercing member so as to smooth out or flattenthe tucks and: at the same time prevent slip- 25- pingof the pin.

' A further object is'to provide one end of the pin with a finger pieceto facilitate insertion of the pin and: the other end thereof with alaterally deflected terminal or guide to prevent the guard 30 fromcatching in the material when using the pin.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability andefliciency.

35 In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification andin which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views of the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pin embodying 40 the presentinvention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the pin inproper position on the fabric.

Figure 4 is a side elevation illustrating a modi- 45 fled form of theinvention.

The improved pin, forming the subject-matter of the present invention ispreferably formed of a single length of resilient wire or similarmaterial bent intermediate its length at 5 to form 50 spaced superposedbars, one of which forms a shank or piercing member 6 and the other aguard or holder 1.

The shank 6 projects longitudinally a short distance beyond the member Iand the terminal 55 thereof is sharpened to form a piercing point 8finger piece and the sides of this loop are serrated I or otherwiseroughened at I I so as to enable the user to obtain a firm grip on theloop when inserting the pin in or removing the pin from the material.The lower edge of the guard is also preferably serrated at 2 to presenta roughened 10 surface to the material and assist inpreventingdisplacement of the pin. a

The free end of the guard is bent or curved laterally, on the same sideof the pin as the loop Iii, to form a deflector l3 which rides overthesurface of the fabric or other material and prevents the guard fromcatching therein when inserting or removing the pin.

It will be here noted that the distance between the guard 'l and thepiercing member 6, at the 2% throat M of the loop, is greater than atthe deflector i3 so that the guard is disposed at a slight angle orinclination with respect to the piercing member and thus compensates forthe thickness of the material in which the pin is inserted.

When the pin is not in use, the free end of the guard contacts with oris very slightly spaced from the piercing member 6, but when the pin isinserted in the material, the guard 1 will bear flat against the tucksl5 formed by the piercing member when the latter is inserted in thematerial and thus not only prevent the formation of rufiies or puckersbut also serve to securely clamp the material to the piercing member andthis clamping action is enhanced owing to the fact that the lower faceof the guard is roughened or serrated. If desired, however, theserrations II' and I2 may be omitted and the guard and piercing memberas well as the handle made perfectly smooth and unobstructed, as bestshown in Fig- 40 ure 4 of the drawing.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figure 4, the wire at theend of the guard instead of being bent laterally is curled upon itselfto form an eye l6 which forms a deflector and operates in the samemanner as the deflector shown in Figure 1 of the drawing. When the pinis used by dressmakers, tailors and others for basting and fittinggarments, the user grasps the finger piece In and threads the piercingmember 6 through the fabric 9 and as the piercing member passes throughthe fabric the guard I will open to accommodate the thickness of thematerial and at the same time exert a spring pressure thereon so as toflatten out the material at the ruflies or tucks l5 and firmly grip thematerial so that accidental displacement and loss of the pin is reducedto a minimum. While the device is primarily intended in fittinggarments, it will, of course, be understood that the pin may be usedwith equally good results as an ordinary pin, as a paper clip, orwherever it is desired to fasten two or more pieces of any kind ofmaterial together.

It will also be understood that the pins may be made in different sizesand shapes and constructed of any suitable material, and that, ifdesired, the pins may be plated or finished in gold, silver or chromiumnickel and that in some cases the outer or exposed edge of the guard aswell as the finger piece may have an artistic design impressed thereinor embossed thereon soas to give the pin an ornamental appearance andpermit the use thereof as an emergency pin on dress clothes withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus decribed the invention, I claim:

1. A pin comprising a straight shank having a pointed end, a resilientguard coacting therewith, and a loop connecting the shank and guard andconstituting a finger piece, said guard being disposed at an angle tothe shank and having its free end terminating near the pointed end ofthe shank and deflected laterally.

2. A pin formed of a single length of metal having its intermediateportion bent to form a loop constituting a finger piece and defining astraight shank having a pointed end, and a guard of less length thansaid shank, the free end of the guard terminating in close proximity tothe pointed end of the shank and being bent laterally on the same sideof the pin as the loop to form a terminal deflector.

3. A pin formed of a single length of metal having its intermediateportion bent to form a loop constituting a finger piece and its oppositeends extended longitudinally in spaced superposed relation to form astraight shank having a pointed end and a guard of less length than saidshank, the inner longitudinal edges of said guard and shank formingcontinuous material engaging faces, the free end of the guard being bentlaterally near the pointed end of the shank to form a deflector.

4. A pin formed of a single length of wire having its intermediateportion bent to form a shank having a pointed end and a guard arrangedat an angle to the shank, the shank being disposed in the samelongitudinal plane throughout its en- 5 tire length and the material atthe juncture of said shank and guard being bent to form a connectingloop disposed wholly on the guard side of the pin and constituting afinger piece, the inner longitudinal edge of the guard being serrated topresent a roughened surface and the free end of said guard terminatingnear the pointed end of the shank and being bent laterally in the samedirection as the loop to form a deflector.

5. A pin formed of a single length of spring wire substantially circularin cross section and having its intermediate portion bent to form ashank straight throughout its entire length and provided with a pointedend, and a guard arranged at one side of the shank, the material at thejuncture of the guard and shank being bent to form a connecting loopdisposed wholly on the guard side of the pin and constituting a fingerpiece, the inner longitudinal edge of the guard being roughened andnormally disposed at an 2 5 angle to the longitudinal edge of the shankto form a continuous material engaging surface and the free end of saidguard terminating near the pointed end of the shank and being bentlaterally in the same direction as the finger piece to form 39, adeflector.

6. A pin formed of a single length of wire having its intermediateportion bent to form a shank having a pointed end and a guard of lesslength than the shank and disposed at an 355; angle thereto, thematerial at the juncture of said shank and guard being bent to form aconnecting loop disposed Wholly on the guard side or" the pin andconstituting a finger piece, the opposite sides of which are roughened,the free end of the guard terminating short of the pointed end of theshank and being bent laterally in the same direction as the loop to forma deflector, the inner longitudinal edge of the guard between thedefiector and the loop being serrated to present a roughened surface tothe material.

STANLEY s. KRZEMINSKI.

